Icon Enhancement

Cuc Tu · May 5, 2011, 08:05 PM

I was noticing the icons for new posts and discovered the red halo sight on threads with new posts in which I had posted. That is a fantastic feature!

I wonder if that icon can also be used in Forums in which I have posted rather than the cross hare reticle?

Just a thought...

**Mal H** · May 5, 2011, 09:10 PM

"rather than the cross hare reticle"

You're seeing an angry rabbit icon somewhere?

No, unfortunately the vBulletin software doesn't have provision for indicating which forum(s) you have posted in. I'm not sure it would be very useful even if it did. Over time almost all forums you frequent would eventually be marked as having been posted in by you. The usefulness of the marking would soon turn to useless.

Cuc Tu · May 6, 2011, 01:03 PM

Well, if VB doesn't support it...

I thought it would be usefull because it would only show if the forum had new responses in threads in which I had posted. Right now I have to dig into each forum, and sometimes through several pages to see if there is a response in a thread that I was following. If I post in a forum that I do not frequent, I might forget about it and the responses would be for not...

Usually I get by with the "New Posts" link, but this forum has way too much activity to sort through that. I've had various issues with thread subscriptions (not here), so I don't use them...

Maybe there is a better way to keep track of threads of interest?

BTW, I'm not complaining or anyting like that...

**tyme** · May 6, 2011, 01:13 PM

It might require extra db queries per front-page view, which is probably why vb doesn't have that feature.

I thought the cross hare died for our sins, and that's why he's in a reticle?

May 5, 2011, 08:05 PM	#1
Cuc Tu Member Join Date: November 2, 2006 Posts: 47	Icon Enhancement I was noticing the icons for new posts and discovered the red halo sight on threads with new posts in which I had posted. That is a fantastic feature! I wonder if that icon can also be used in Forums in which I have posted rather than the cross hare reticle? Just a thought...

May 6, 2011, 01:13 PM	#4
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 3,014	It might require extra db queries per front-page view, which is probably why vb doesn't have that feature. I thought the cross hare died for our sins, and that's why he's in a reticle? __________________ "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya "God doesn't make the world this way. We do." --Rorschach, Watchmen "You should know that if you don't do this thing, you won't be in any shape to walk out of here." "Would that be physically, or just a mental state?" --Miller's Crossing

May 5, 2011, 09:10 PM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,126	"rather than the cross hare reticle" You're seeing an angry rabbit icon somewhere? No, unfortunately the vBulletin software doesn't have provision for indicating which forum(s) you have posted in. I'm not sure it would be very useful even if it did. Over time almost all forums you frequent would eventually be marked as having been posted in by you. The usefulness of the marking would soon turn to useless.

May 6, 2011, 01:03 PM	#3
Cuc Tu Member Join Date: November 2, 2006 Posts: 47	Well, if VB doesn't support it... I thought it would be usefull because it would only show if the forum had new responses in threads in which I had posted. Right now I have to dig into each forum, and sometimes through several pages to see if there is a response in a thread that I was following. If I post in a forum that I do not frequent, I might forget about it and the responses would be for not... Usually I get by with the "New Posts" link, but this forum has way too much activity to sort through that. I've had various issues with thread subscriptions (not here), so I don't use them... Maybe there is a better way to keep track of threads of interest? BTW, I'm not complaining or anyting like that...